WRC 3

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The WRC 3, acronym of the English World Rally Championship 3, is a rally championship that has been held since 1987 in addition to the World Rally Championship (WRC), as well as the Junior Championship (JWRC) or WRC 2. He was born in 1987 under the name World Cup of Production and was limited to vehicles of category N and acquired the status of championship in 1987 and then became the World Rally Championship Group N. In 2002 it changed its name to the World Rally Championship of Production Cars (abbreviated: PWRC acronym of English Production World Rally Championship) and since 2013 it has been named WRC 3 (abbreviation of World Rally Championship 3). It is organized by the International Motor Federation and shares the same dates as the world championship.

Since 2013 the championship was limited to front drive cars, specifically the R1, R2 and R3 categories, while the N group of this championship was integrated into the WRC 2, known until 2012 as the Super 2000 Rally World Championship. In 2019 this competition disappeared and instead the WRC 2 Pro championship was created to recover again in 2020 under a new regulation: for private teams competing in R5 category vehicles. They are free to dispute the evidence they consider and only the six best results are taken into account.

In 2012 a category was created within the championship called Rally Class, which included six tests of the world calendar (Portugal, Greece, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) and where the pilots will compete with a Subaru Impreza prepared by the Belgian company Symantech Racing and DMACK tyres. The creator of this championship is Dirk Van der Sluys and will award the winner with free five rallyes for 2013 with a Subaru Impreza R4.

Racing

Until 2001, the PWRC accompanied the WRC on all its dates, taking into account that the WRC and the World Cup of 2 Litres were divided between 1994 and 1996. From 2002, the PWRC competes only in the majority, never exceeding ten dates. They usually skip some of the dates on asphalt, where the N4 are less fast and attractive to see than the Junior Championship Super 1600 front drive. From 2014 again all the calendar tests are punctual for WRC 3.

Germany (2003-2004, 2010, 2012-2018, 2020)
Alsace (2010, 2013-2014)
Argentina (1987-1994, 1996-2009, 2012-2018, 2020)
Australia (1989-1993, 1995-2006, 2009, 2013-2018)
Corsica (1987-1995, 1997-2004, 2015-2018)
Catalonia (1991-1993, 1995-2001, 2011-2018)
Sardinia (2009, 2013-2018, 2020)
China (1999)
Cyprus (2000-2003, 2005-2006, 2009)
Ivory Coast (1987- 1992)
Finland (1987-1994, 1996-2002, 2008, 2010, 2013-2018, 2020)
Great Britain (1987-1995, 1997-2001, 2005, 2007-2010, 2013-2018, 2020)
Greece (1987-1994, 1996-2001, 2006-2009, 2012-2013)
Indonesia (1996-1997)
Irlan